Organic nutrients and excess nitrogen in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre

Biogeosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1199-1213

  Landolfi, A ^a   Oschlies, A ^a   Sanders, R ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052054969     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-5-1199-2008     Document Type: Article

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